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best linux for a newbie unix wannabee

post #1 of 12
6/11/03 at 2:15am
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i will be taking some unix courses soon and i would like to load a partition with some flavor of *nix for practicing's sake. any suggestions?
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post #2 of 12
6/11/03 at 8:04am
If can install a stage 1 Gentoo anyone can, go with Gentoo. It doesn't have a fluffy install it's *nix commandline the way it should be.
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post #3 of 12
6/11/03 at 8:06am
If can install a stage 1 Gentoo anyone can, go with Gentoo. It doesn't have a fluffy install it's *nix commandline the way it should be.

BTW thought home was 127.0.0.1

But then again if you use your hosts files then you can call any place home like

localhost 64.106.229.61
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post #4 of 12
6/11/03 at 10:11am
How do you get the the Hosts file, i've tried editing it (for parnks) sake but i can't get it to work. Basicall i tried to add an entry for www.yahoo.com and put it's IP address as the site for www.barney.com but it won't work.

If you could tell me how to get into the right hosts file it'd really help. I'm running XP if it helps.
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post #5 of 12
6/11/03 at 10:16am

Knoppix

If your interested in just trying out *nix but not installing anything try Knoppix. It's a Linux varation that completly runs off of the CD. You don't even need a hard drive. Just download the .ISO, burn it to CD, pop it in on boot, and your ready to go.

It's not good as a perminate soulution but if you just want to get a feel with out giving up HDD space it's good.
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post #6 of 12
6/11/03 at 1:06pm
I too would rec. Knoppix if you simply want to get a feel for linux. It would allow you to jump right in it without messing around with installers, compiling the kernel, and stuff like that (which can take a very long time ). Also, it is very unlikely, from the unix classes that I have seen, that they will have you install unix as part of the course.

If you think it might grow on you, however, and you want to have a perminate installation of it, I say Mandrake for ease of setup, or Gentoo for the true taste of what linux is all about from the beginning. And if you use gentoo, start at stage one. It really isn't any harder than the other 2 stages, and it will help completely optimize your entire system.
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post #7 of 12
6/11/03 at 1:11pm
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Originally posted by karatekid3d
How do you get the the Hosts file, i've tried editing it (for parnks) sake but i can't get it to work. Basicall i tried to add an entry for www.yahoo.com and put it's IP address as the site for www.barney.com but it won't work.

If you could tell me how to get into the right hosts file it'd really help. I'm running XP if it helps.
You have to set the Hosts file to your ISP's DNS server. Type ipconfig at the command line to get it.
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post #8 of 12
6/12/03 at 9:08pm
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i just inherited the 3 install disks for redhat 9, dare i?...and can i install (and boot) from a partition located on an external firewire drive?
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post #9 of 12
6/12/03 at 11:14pm
you might get more help over in the linux forum.
can't help on fire wire boot, i'd think if your bios will boot it...
i run mandrake in a virtual machine, works fine there

hosts file is in etc directory
/etc on *nix
winnt\system32\drivers\etc on 2k/xp
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post #10 of 12
6/28/03 at 1:46pm
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Originally posted by jamesshuang
You have to set the Hosts file to your ISP's DNS server. Type ipconfig at the command line to get it.
No you don't, i think you're thinking of something totally different here. It was just a matter of finding the right file...which i did. It's in Windows\System32\Drivers\etc
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post #11 of 12
6/28/03 at 1:49pm
Sorry br2. I didn't read your post till right after i posted above. I ended up finding it while manually trying to remove a driver. It's really fun to play with
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post #12 of 12
6/28/03 at 4:57pm
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Originally posted by gr8gatzby
i just inherited the 3 install disks for redhat 9, dare i?...and can i install (and boot) from a partition located on an external firewire drive?
Installing Red Hat 9 is like getting into a swimming pool by using the steps on the shallow end while holding on to the railing, whereas installing GenToo will be like jumping into the deep end without sticking your toe in first to check the temperature.

You are surely to get immersed quicker and learn more going the second route, but if you are short on time you may just choke.

I think I took that analogy as far as I can, so I am signing out now...
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